Reviews

Susanna Berger’s enquiry into philosophy and visual culture is full of original insight

This book is inevitably partial, but offers the best single account to date of repatriation claims in the US

The Japanese artist deserves to be better known in Britain, but his playful, political work suffers out of context

The British realists of the 1920s and ’30s scrupulously recorded the modern era – but in doing so, they were also avoiding it

The artist has fallen so far out of critical fashion that his merits are often completely overlooked

From 17th-century cavaliers to today’s celebrities and athletes, artists have always had an eye on men’s fashion

The British artist’s tense canvases are often troubling psychological self-portraits

The Israel Museum’s inquiry into the idea of home is full of surreal surprises

Many artists have experimented with smell. Now, Somerset House is putting scent at the centre of an exhibition

Hokusai never retired. In fact, he made his finest work in his old age, as this exhibition at the British Museum reminds us

Examples of Dutch micro-carving on show at the Rijksmuseum are full of astounding detail

As part of a former monastic complex, the Charterhouse is a living reminder of London’s medieval past